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Trollheart · 07-13-2017, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

True. I just want him to fall in line like the others. I can call them on command for the most part. They are trained pretty well.

String doesn't interest him and he is so picky that Temptations don't excite him either. Catnip is surefire though.

Ah now! Any cat who doesn't appreciate good seventies soul....

grindy · 07-13-2017, 04:28 PM

So there's this new girl at work and she seems cool and I was thinking that I'd probably chat her up a bit and if she still seems cool I'd invite her to hang out and stuff and then who knows...
But now it looks like I'll basically be her boss soon and I'm conflicted about all this.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 07-13-2017, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by grindy

So there's this new girl at work and she seems cool and I was thinking that I'd probably chat her up a bit and if she still seems cool I'd invite her to hang out and stuff and then who knows...
But now it looks like I'll basically be her boss soon and I'm conflicted about all this.

**** her asap, let this be a future grindy problem

Chula Vista · 07-13-2017, 08:13 PM

It's Over.

Today, US megacorp transferred a quarter million dollars into our bank account and wired another quarter million over to the China factory. As part of the settlement we get to write off over a million dollars of debt off our books, making our bank extremely happy.

Personally, I get no big payout. Actually I get no payout. But we do get a 2.5% commission from here on out on the products that were stolen from us. Our sales were averaging about 6 million a year so that's $150K net profits, which at this point is pretty damn sweet considering the company is only 3 people and really has no overhead.

This has been going on for 2 years and 10 months and consumed easily over 5,000 hours of my time. Very surreal getting the news this afternoon that it's all behind us. Seriously did not know know what to feel.

Bad news? I can't retire a wealthy man.
Good news? I still have a job.

**Janszoon** · 07-13-2017, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

It's Over.

Today, US megacorp transferred a quarter million dollars into our bank account and wired another quarter million over to the China factory. As part of the settlement we get to write off over a million dollars of debt off our books, making our bank extremely happy.

Personally, I get no big payout. Actually I get no payout. But we do get a 2.5% commission from here on out on the products that were stolen from us. Our sales were averaging about 6 million a year so that's $150K net profits, which at this point is pretty damn sweet considering the company is only 3 people and really has no overhead.

This has been going on for 2 years and 10 months and consumed easily over 5,000 hours of my time. Very surreal getting the news this afternoon that it's all behind us. Seriously did not know know what to feel.

Bad news? I can't retire a wealthy man.
Good news? I still have a job.

Congratulations man!

Pet_Sounds · 07-13-2017, 08:15 PM

You deserved that.

Blank. · 07-13-2017, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

It's Over.

Today, US megacorp transferred a quarter million dollars into our bank account and wired another quarter million over to the China factory. As part of the settlement we get to write off over a million dollars of debt off our books, making our bank extremely happy.

Personally, I get no big payout. Actually I get no payout. But we do get a 2.5% commission from here on out on the products that were stolen from us. Our sales were averaging about 6 million a year so that's $150K net profits, which at this point is pretty damn sweet considering the company is only 3 people and really has no overhead.

This has been going on for 2 years and 10 months and consumed easily over 5,000 hours of my time. Very surreal getting the news this afternoon that it's all behind us. Seriously did not know know what to feel.

Bad news? I can't retire a wealthy man.
Good news? I still have a job.

That's good. At least it's over and isn't daunting over your heads anymore.

Zhanteimi · 07-13-2017, 08:17 PM

Congrats, Chula! Well fought.

Trollheart · 07-13-2017, 09:15 PM

Well done Chula. One less (huge) thing to worry about from now on. Cool.

Chula Vista · 07-13-2017, 09:33 PM

Funny, my boss was also left not knowing how to feel too. He got an email from our lawyer and then had his wife check our bank account. When she confirmed that there was a $250,000 deposit he was left stunned. If the opposition had decided to keep fighting we would have probably run out of money in the next 4-5 months (it's been costing up to anywhere between $10K to $25K per month in legal fees).

Tally

Number of depositions attended: 9
Number of depostion hours: ~70
Number of legal conference calls: Uhm.... maybe 50?
Number of meetings at lawyers office: at least two dozen
Number of hours of sleep lost: a billion
Number of pounds lost: creeping up on 30
Number of pieces of paper needing to be shred: ~8,000
Number of times I'll post about this again: 3-4

07-13-2017, 04:28 PM	#45062 (permalink)
grindy . Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: . Posts: 7,201	So there's this new girl at work and she seems cool and I was thinking that I'd probably chat her up a bit and if she still seems cool I'd invite her to hang out and stuff and then who knows... But now it looks like I'll basically be her boss soon and I'm conflicted about all this. __________________ *A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.*

07-13-2017, 08:13 PM	#45064 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	It's Over. Today, US megacorp transferred a quarter million dollars into our bank account and wired another quarter million over to the China factory. As part of the settlement we get to write off over a million dollars of debt off our books, making our bank extremely happy. Personally, I get no big payout. Actually I get no payout. But we do get a 2.5% commission from here on out on the products that were stolen from us. Our sales were averaging about 6 million a year so that's $150K net profits, which at this point is pretty damn sweet considering the company is only 3 people and really has no overhead. This has been going on for 2 years and 10 months and consumed easily over 5,000 hours of my time. Very surreal getting the news this afternoon that it's all behind us. Seriously did not know know what to feel. Bad news? I can't retire a wealthy man. Good news? I still have a job. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

07-13-2017, 08:15 PM	#45066 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	You deserved that. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

07-13-2017, 08:17 PM	#45068 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Congrats, Chula! Well fought. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

07-13-2017, 09:15 PM	#45069 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Well done Chula. One less (huge) thing to worry about from now on. Cool. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

07-13-2017, 09:33 PM	#45070 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Funny, my boss was also left not knowing how to feel too. He got an email from our lawyer and then had his wife check our bank account. When she confirmed that there was a $250,000 deposit he was left stunned. If the opposition had decided to keep fighting we would have probably run out of money in the next 4-5 months (it's been costing up to anywhere between $10K to $25K per month in legal fees). Tally Number of depositions attended: 9 Number of depostion hours: ~70 Number of legal conference calls: Uhm.... maybe 50? Number of meetings at lawyers office: at least two dozen Number of hours of sleep lost: a billion Number of pounds lost: creeping up on 30 Number of pieces of paper needing to be shred: ~8,000 Number of times I'll post about this again: 3-4 __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”